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In this special retrofit issue we launch our new RetroFirst campaign championing reuse in the built environment. We also announce the winners of the AJ Retrofit Awards 2019 covering 18 different categories; as well as building studies of two retrofit projects: Orms’ conversion of council offices into a hotel in Camden, north London; and Flower Michelin Architects’ Shingle House renovation and extension of a seaside ...

‘Our previous work in Kent – such as Horsted Park in Chatham – has explored local vernacular traditions, and it has been exciting to do so again in Canterbury – one of Britain’s finest medieval cities.’

If approved, work is expected to start on site in early 2017, with the first homes completed by March 2018.

The phase one development is consequently arranged as six residential clusters, each one a series of courts made up of interconnected houses with an orchard landscape focus at the heart of each grouping. In response to the site’s undulating topography, the clusters are configured as a series of stepped terraces, with the edge of the tallest apartment court acting as a significant townscape marker at the entrance of a proposed new country park.

Each residential court cluster is contained within a red brick perimeter wall incorporating gables, chimneys and perforated brick panels. This echoes Kent village streetscapes, and provides a distinctive profile to the clusters. White masonry gables rise above the wall – a hint of the predominantly white courtyard facade walls of each home. Red clay tile roofs dominate, while natural slate is used in places to add variety and accentuate particular buildings. A scattering of different gable treatments offers further visual interest.

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